Washing machine



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Application filed June 15, 1921. Serial No. 477,711.."

h To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HERBERT E. MERsELEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bronxville, NewYork, have inventedv new and useful Improvements in a Washing Machine, of which the following is a specification. 1

The present invention relates to the washing, rinsingand sterilizing mechanism, and more particularly to automatic means for preventing the operation of the washing and rinsing, or, isterilizin mechanism simultaneously, but inclu es also certain other features.

' Among the objects of my invention are to improve u on the washing, rinsing and sterlizing mec anism of a machine of the character described, to improve upon the arrangenient of theparts of such a machine, to

.reduce to a minimum the breaka e of dishes f in such a machine, torender t a machine moresturdy and durable, and such further objects advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear.

My invention further resides in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawin'gs, and while I have shown therein a pre-' ferred embodiment I desire the same to be understood as illustrative only and not as limiting my invention.

In the drawings annexed hereto and forming a part hereof, a preferred'embodiment and some modifications of my invention are shown. In these drawings Figure ;1 shows a plan view of the. machine, Figure 2 is a.- fragmentary elevation of the top portion of the machine, Figure 3 is a partial vertical section thereof,-and Figures 4 5 and 6 are broken sectional elevations of the controlling mechanism and one of the va1ves,.to show the various positions of the cams and the effectthereof upon the valves. In these figures one portion' of the structure is offsetlaterally from the other for the'sake of clearness. Figs. 7 to"10, inclusive, show a modification of the preceding structure, Fig. 7 being a vplan'view, Fig. 8', a sectionalelevation oi parts of the machine going to wash position, Fig. 9 a similar view showing the parts in wash position and just ready to start to rinse position,'and Fig. 10 a similar view showing the position of the parts just as they are abou't'to' move into off position. Figs. 11 to 15 show another modification of my construction, Fig. 11 being a plan view of the machine showing the parts in off position. Fig. 12 shows the relationship of certain of the parts in position shown in Fig. '11, while Fig. 13 shows the re'- lation of these parts when the machine is being shifted to the wash position, shown in in detail to the drawin s,

3 the dish-holding rack, 4 the washin heads adapted to spray water upon the dis es for the washing thereof, and 5 the system of pipes carrylng water to the washer heads rom a reservoir T located below the chamber 2 to catch the water which has passed over the dishes for re-use. Flow of water through the pipe system 5 is caused by a power-driven centrifugal pump P lnserted therein. While the particular form of apparatus used for distributing the wash water over'the dishes is not material to the present invention, it may be noted that the washer heads 4 shown in the drawings are of the rotary wash arm type, and that each con sists of a rotatably' mounted hub 4 provided or all of which maybe inclined so as tocause a rotation of the washer heads through the.

consists ofv two upper spray nozzles 10 and twolowe'r spray nozzles 10", all located in with radial arms 4" having nozzles 4, so'me the chamber' 2 and directed toward the dish holding rack 3. It will be noted-that the arrangement which has been described permits the rinsing or sterilizing of dishes on the rack 3, by means of 'rinsing'or sterilizing fluids supplied through the pipes R and S from sources outside the machine? Further;-

more, the piping and nozzles through which the rinsing or sterilizing fluid is supplied to the dishes is entirely distinct from the sterilizing taminate piping and sprayer heads through which the It will be obvious from an inspection of the drawings that when the pomter 28 on wash water passes, so that the rinsing and fluids cannot be in any way conby the wash water which necessarily becomes'soiled on account of its reuse. v

In order that the full benefits of the arrangement' shown may be obtained, it is necessary that the dishes be first washed and then rinsed or sterilized, and accordingly that the supply of washing water to the washing heads 4 and the supply of rinsing or sterilizing fluid to the distributor-10 be successive and not simultaneous. Means for securing the successive operation of the washing and rinsing apparatus will next be described.

At the to of the washing machine is a pair of brac ets 11 and 12 suitably secured lnplace. Mounted in these brackets is a rod 13 carryin a pair of cams 14 and 15.

Pivoted on racket 11 is a lever 16 which is actuated in one direction by the cam 14 upon the rotation of shaft 13. When this lever is actuated by the cam it engages a push rod 17 which carries the valve closure member 8.

A link 18 is provided with a slot- 19 through which passes the rod 13 adapted to her 25 is a vertical rod or shaft having its upper end the crank arm 24 to which the .lmk 18 is secured and at its lower end a crank arm 25*. connected to the valve 26. This guide link 18 In its reciprocative motion, caused by the cam 15 engaging a roller bearing 20 pivoted on a pin 21 secured t6 the llnk. The link is actuatedin one direction by a resilient member 22, here shown as a coiled spring, which is attached in a suitable manner to the link, as shown at 23. The link 18 is suitably secured to 'a crank arm 24, which is secured to, or forms a part of, the operating member 25 (Figure 3'), by means'ot which the valve 26 in the water supply pipe 5 is actuated.

s shown in Figure 3, the operating memvalve has the form, of a gate slidingin a slot provlded 1n the pipe 5. In the position of the operating member which is shown in full lines in Figure 1 and in Figure 3, the valve .26 is closed, that is to say, it cuts oil flow through the pipe 5. When the operating member 25 and 1t s crank arms 24 and 25 are turned in anti-clockwise direction (looking from the top) from the position shown in full lines in Figures 1 and 3, the valve is placed in its open position, that is, it is 1 partially withdrawn from the pipe 5 through 3 its slot to permit free flow of water through the pipe.

Rod 13 is provided with a handle 27 which f has an indicating pointer 28 adapted to cobracket 12. These indications tell whether {all the water is out 01f, or whether the valves areset towash or rinse the dishes.

operate with indications on one face of the handle 27 is turned towards the word Ofi as shown in Fig. 4 both valves 7 and 26 will be closed. When the handle 27 is rotated in, a clockwise direction until the pointer points to the word Wash cam 15 will force link- 18 over to the left turning the crank arm 24 and the operating member 25 in an anticlockwise direction until valve 26 is held open, permitting the water to flow through the piping 5 and the washing heads 4 thus washing the dishes. In this position which is shown in Fig. 5 cam14 will not have caused push rod, 17 to withdraw closure member 8 in valve 7. It is,-therefore, obvious that no water or steam will; flow rod 13 -and'cam 15 will be held in-either of the positions shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 by through pipe 6 and the nozzles 10, 10". The Y engagement of antifriction member 20 with notches in the edge of cam 15. When the handle 27 is rotated further in a clockwise direction until the pointer points to the word Rinse, the cam 15 permits the spring 22 to draw the link 18 to the right, turning the crank arm 24 and the operating member 25 in a clockwise direction and closing the valve. 26. In this position, which is shown in Fig.

6, the cam 14 displaces the-lever 16, openin' the valve 7. In order to keep the valve open the operator must hold the handle 27 so as to maintain the parts in the position shown in 6; for means are provided for preventing the valve 7 from remain- .ing open if the handle is released. Such means consist of a projection 29 on the cam 15. The projection 29 is so pla'ced that when the apex' of cam 14 is 'adjacent the end of lever 16, the Doint of the projection has passed the line joiningthe rod 13 and. in 21, sothat if the handle 27 is not held y the operator the force of spring 22 will cause roller 20 .to force projection 29 to turn cam 15 until the roller 20 seats itself in a notch 30 formed in the cam 15 just behind the projection 29. This turning of the cam 15, and consequently of the shaft 13, is suflicient to move the apex of the cam 14 beyond the end of thelever 16 so that the which of the valves in the pipes R, S leading into pipe 6 is open. I

In the modification shown lIl FlgS. 7 to 10 inclusive,'parts 1 to 10, 17, 24 and 25' are the same as in the preceding structure, while parts 11 12 13 14 18 and 27 correspond in operation to the similarly numbered parts above described.

In Fig. 7 the parts are shown in the off position, with no Washing or rinsing taking place. In this form the rod 13 is mounted in brackets 11 and 12 and is rotated therein by means of a handle '27 which causes a member 31 carried by the shaft 13 to carry the cam 14 about the shaft as shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, the direction of movement being indicated by the arrows. As'handle 27 moves to the right as shown in Fig. 8, it causes crank arm 32 to reciprocate link 18, thereby rotating shaft 25 about its axis to cause the opening of the wash water valve in the main supply pipe so that washing may take place. As this movement takes place, cam 14 moves idly over the end of plunger 17 so that valve 8 is" not opened. When'the parts reach the position shown in Fig. 9, the water isturned on full and washing of the dishes takes place. When the parts start back as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 9 the wash water valve starts to close and is completely closed when cam 14 strikes the end .of plunger 17. Further movement of the handle 27 causes valve 8 to be opened as shown in Fig. 10, the shoulder 33 on-cam 14 preventing the parts from being moved backwardly to the wash position. \Vhen the point of the cam 14 passes the end of plunger 17, the plunger will ride over the rounded face-of the cam, forcing the same upwardly, and permitting the valve to close, thereby stopping the rinsing operation. The cycle of operation is now completed and the dishes may be removed from the machine. I

In the form shown in Fig. 11, handle 27 b is pivoted as shown at 34. This-handle is extended beyond its pivotal point and car- .ries adjacent-the end thereof a pivoted cam member 35. In the position shown in Fig. 11, the parts are in off position and must be moved to the dotted line position shown-- in this figure when it is-desired to wash. Fig. 12 shows the position occupiedby the cam 35 when the handle is in the full line position shown in Fig. 11. As the handle is swung towards the dotted line position in the figure, the cam 35 slides over the ends of the plungers 17 of the valves7 7* as shown in Fig. 13, and, in doing so, does not operate their closure members 8. During the latter part of this movement of the lever 27*, a link 18 connecting an arm 32 fixed to the lever with the crank arm 24 of the operating member 25 turns the operating member in an anti-clockwise direction and opens Y the valve'26. WVhen-the parts reach the wash position, the cam 35 will again hang down as shown in Fig. 14. As the arm 2 7 starts back to the full line positlon of F1g.

11, cam comesin contact with plunger 17 By the time the lever 27 has moved far enough'to bring the parts into this position shown in Fig. 15, the lever has, through the.

arm 32*, the link 18 "and the'crank arm .24,

moved the operating member 25 to close the valve 26. Further return movement of'the lever releases the stem 17 of the valve 7' allowing this valve to close, and then causes the cam 35 to open and close the valve 7 in the same manner. f p

The pipes 6, 6 shown at the right and left in Fig. 11 lead, respectively, to the up.-

per and lower rinse mechanism, though, of course, the order might be reversed if desired. The pipe 6; may be connected wlth the upper rinse nozzles 10' by piping 9 and the pipe 6 with the lower rinse nozzles 10 by piping 9", as shown in Fig. 11. In this figure the lower rinse nozzles are shown slightly out of line with the upper rinse. noz-' zles for the sake of clearness.

Figs. 16, 17 and 18 Sl10W the application of difi'erent forms of valves to the intake" pipe of the pump'insteadof to the outlet pipe as shown in Fig. 3. It is evident that the ball valve 40 of Fig. 16 will be operated by the rotation of shaft 25 on its axis, since this will cause reciprocation of the link 41, 1

which will, in turn, cause oscillation of the crank 42 and reciprocation of the link 43.

Correspondin parts 41, 42 and 43 willcause actuation of t e flap valve 44 shown in Fig. 17 and the gatevalve 45 shown in Fig. 18. t is-clear that any one of these valves may.

be used with any one of the forms of con-' struction shown 1n Figures 1 to 15 inclusive.

' It is of course, understood that the specific descri tion ofthe structure set forth above may e departed from without departing in this specification, and the. appended claims. 4

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1.In-a dish washing machine having a from the spirit of my invention as set forth Ill washing and rinsing chamber, the combination of means to support dishes in the chamber, a distributor for directing a washing fluid on dishes on said support, a separate distributor for directing rinsing fluid on the dishes in the same position, separate means for controlling the supply of washing and rinsing fluids to said distributors respectively, and a common operatingmeans for said separate controlling means arranged to operate them seriatim and to prevent the supplying of fluid to both distributors at the same time.

2. In a dish washing machine, a plurality members and an operating handle, a crank arm connected to one valve, a link perma-- nentl-y connecting the crank arm to one motion transmitting member, and meansrinterposed between the second valve and the sec- 0nd motion transmitting member for cans ing the operation of said valve by operation of said member.

3. In a mechanism of the character described, in combination, a air of pipes, a valve in each pipe contro ling fluid flow through said pipes, mechanism to control the opening of said valves, including means interconnectin said valves so thatt-hey cannot open sinniltaneously upon operation of the controlling means, said interconnecting means comprising a cam operable in one direction to open one of the valves, and alink adapted to actuate the other valve.

'4. In a mechanism of the character described, in combination, a air of pipes, a valve in each pipe contro ling fluld flow through said pipes, mechanism to controlthe openin of said valves, includin means interconn ting said valvesso that t ey cannot open simultaneously upon operation of the controlling means, said interconnecting means comprising a cam operable in one direction to open one of the valves, a link adapted to actuate the other valve, and a lever simultaneously actuating the cam and the link for operatlon of the valves.

5.'In a mechanism for the character described,.in combination, a pair of pipes, a valve in each pipe controlling fluid flow through said pipes, mechanism tocontrol the opening of said valves, including means interconnecting said valves so that they cannot open simultaneously 'upon operation of the controlling means, said interconnectmg means comprising a turnable member having two arms, a link connecting one arm and one of the valves, the other arm car- 'rying a cam adapted to actuate the other valve, said cam carrying member preventing rotation of the cam in one direction beyond a certain point but permittin limited free rotation from that point'in the opposite direction. v

6. In .a mechanism of the character described, in combination, a pair of pipes, a

valve in each pipe controlling fluid fiow through said pipes, mechanism to control the opening of said valves, including means interconnecting said valves so that they cannot open simultaneously upon operation of the controlling means, said interconnecting means comprising a lever,-a link conone of said valves, and a cam connecte to said lever and swinging freely in one direction of movement of the lever-to ass the valve without operation thereof ut being arrested in its movement in the opposite direction so as to cause 0 eration of said valve.

7. In a machine of t e character described, a pipe having therein a spring pressed valve closing member having a stem,'. a lever swinging transversely of said stem, a cam pivotally mounted u on said lever and adapted to swing wit1 the lever past said stem in one direction without operating the valve but adapted when swung 1n the opposite direction to open thevalve.

8. In .a dish washing machine having a washing and rinsing chamber, t-h'ecombination of a support for dishes therein, a distributor for directing a washing fluid a ainst fluids to sai distributors respectively, an a common operating means for said separate controlling means arranged to-operate the wash controlling means and the rinse.

controlling means in succession and to prevent the su ply of fluid to the rinse distributor be ore fluid has been supplied to the wash distributor. r 9. In a washing machine having a chamber, the combination with means to support dishes, a distributor for directin wash water on dishes on said support an distributors for directing a rinsing medium on dishes onthe support, all located in the chamber, of a valve controlling the supply of wash water to the wash distributor, operating mean's forsaid valve, two separate valves controlling the supply of rinsing medium to the difierent rinse distributors, and actuating means for opening and closing said two valves insuccess'ion so that they are not both open at the same time. 10; In a washing machine having a chamber, the combination with a support for articles, a distributor for directing. wash water on the a icles on the support, a plurality of nozzles f directing rmsing fluid on the articles on-the support, all located within the chamber, of three valves controlling respectively the supply of wash water'to the washdistributor, the supply. of rinsing fluid to a part of the rinse nozzles, and asupply of rinsing fluid to the remainder of the rinse nozzles, and controlling means arranged to-open and close the three valves in succession so that only one of them isopen atany one time, I

11: In a washing machinehavin a chamher and means to, support 'artic es to be washed therein, the combination of upwardly directed rinse sprays located below the support, downwardly 1 directed rinse sprays located above the support, means for supplying fluid under pressure. tosaid normally closed valve controlling the supply of such fluid to approximately one half 1 of the rinse sprays, a second normally closed valve controlling the supply 'of 'rinsing fluid to the remainder of the muse sprays, and a common manually operable control lever for said valves arran edto open either one of them when the ot er-oneis" closed so that both valves are not open at the same time.

12. Ina dish washlng machine, the com bination' of a casing providing a washing and rinsing chamber andcontaining awash distributor. andoa rinse distributor, a reservoir below the casing containing washing fluid and having an opening in one of its side walls near its bottom, a centrifugal pump located outside the reservoir,- a 0011 duit connecting said opening in the reservoir with the intake of the pum a conduit connecting the discharge of t e pump with the wash distributor, means independent of the pump for supplying a rinsing fluid .to the rinse distributor, and a valve located in the reservoir below the fluid level therein for cutting ofl the flow of fluid to 

